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Labor Market Prospects, Search Intensity and the Transition from College to Work
van Vuuren, Aico; van der Klaauw, Bas; Berkhout, Peter - 2004
In this paper we develop a structural model for job search behavior of students entering the labor market. The model includes endogenous search effort and on-the-job search. Since students usually do not start a regular job before graduation but start job search earlier, our model is non...
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Signaling in the Labor Market: New Evidence on Layoffs and Plant Closings
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2004
In my asymmetric-information model of layoffs, high-productivity workers are more likely to be recalled to their former … not have a positive signaling benefit. Analysis of the data from the January 1988-2000 Displaced Workers Supplements to … workers displaced through plant closings in the predicted way, and finds evidence consistent with asymmetric information in …
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Job Search with Nonparticipation
Frijters, Paul; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2004
In a non-stationary job search model we allow unemployed workers to have a permanent option to leave the labor force. Transitions into nonparticipation occur when reservation wages drop below the utility of being nonparticipant. Taking account of these transitions allows the identification of...
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On the Cyclicality and Stability of Real Earnings
Hart, Robert A.; Malley, James R. - 1999
We show in this paper that important insights into the cyclical behaviour of wages can be gained by dividing (real) average hourly earnings into their straight-time hourly wage and overtime components. Our motivation is based on the idea of employment-contingent contracts. BLS published and...
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Bestimmungsgründe von Fehlzeiten: Welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitslosigkeit?
Thalmaier, Anja - 1999
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung besteht darin, die wesentlichen Determinanten für das Auftreten von Fehlzeiten zu analysieren. In einem ersten Schritt werden die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen der Entgeltfortzahlung und ihre historische Entwicklung aufgezeigt. Die Analyse...
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Central school exit exams and labor-market outcomes
Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2012
Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market...
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Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists
Gallet, Craig Arthur; List, John A.; Orazem, Peter F. - 2004
Using a unique sample of new Ph.D. economists in 1987 and 1997, we examine how job seekers and their employers alter their search strategies in strong versus weak markets. The 1987 academic market was strong while the 1997 market was much weaker. A multimarket theory of optimal search suggests...
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Unemployment Compensation Finance and Labor Market Rigidity
Cahuc, Pierre; Malherbet, Franck - 2002
matching model of a rigid labor market including firing costs, temporary jobs and a minimum wage in order to analyze the issue …
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Fiscal policy, economic integration and unemployment
Eggert, Wolfgang; Goerke, Laszlo - 2003
In this paper fiscal policy is examined for an open economy characterised by unemployment due to efficiency wages. We allow for capital and firm mobility in a model where the government chooses the level of wage, source-based capital and profit taxation. The taxing choices of governments are...
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Value-added Tax versus Social Security Contributions
Goerke, Laszlo - 1999
In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget shift...
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